UN council to commemorate Myanmar crackdown on Rohingya

Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press Updated 6:43 pm CDT, Wednesday, August 1, 2018 Photo: Manish Swarup, AP Image 1of/1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 In this Jan. 21, 2018, photo, a life sizes mural is seen on the wall of a makeshift school for Rohingya refugee children at Kutupalong Refugee Camp near Cox’s bazar, Bangladesh. The mural is created by a public art organization called Artolution, who collaborate with refugees to create large pieces of art and use art as therapy in conflict zones around the world. less In this Jan. 21, 2018, photo, a life sizes mural is seen on the wall of a makeshift school for Rohingya refugee children at Kutupalong Refugee Camp near Cox’s bazar, Bangladesh. The mural is created by a public … more Photo: Manish Swarup, AP UN council to commemorate Myanmar crackdown on Rohingya 1 / 1 Back to Gallery UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is planning to commemorate the one-year anniversary of Myanmar’s violent crackdown that led about 700,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh at a meeting later this month. British Ambassador Karen Pierce, the council president for August, said at a news conference Wednesday that Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who called the Rohingya crisis “ethnic cleansing,” is expected to brief the council at the session. Pierce said Britain wants the Aug. 28 meeting to focus on gaining “unconditional access” to Myanmar for the U.N. refugee and development agencies so they can work with the Myanmar and Bangladesh governments “to make a… [Read full story]